Battle for Time: An Unofficial Minecrafters Time Travel Adventure, Book 6

By Winter Morgan

Poppy built Meadow Mews first skyscraper and the opening celebration has attracted people from around The Overworld. In the middle of the festive grand opening, there is a loud explosion. The crowd falls into a crater in the ground that brings them back in time, where the Minecraft Universe is in the midst of a crisis. There is a shortage of wheat and people are going hungry. Brett studied this part of history and tries to help the people using facts from that time period. While in the past Brett discovers there were parts of Minecrafts past that were left out of history books. The crowd from the grand opening celebration doesnt want to help the people in the Overworld; they just want to go home. Can Brett help the farmers of the past while helping the crowd get back to the present?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sky Pony
• Release date: Sep 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9781510741324

Winter Morgan

Winter Morgan is the author of numerous children’s books including national bestseller The Quest for the Diamond Sword, the bestselling unofficial novel for Minecrafters published by Sky Pony Press. She is the author of five other series for Minecraft fans: an Unofficial Gamer’s Adventure, the Unofficial League of Griefers Adventure, the Lost Minecraft Journals, the Unofficial Minecrafters Academy Series, and the Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure. Morgan has a video game-addicted son, who inspires her. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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1

ROOFTOP FARM

"Are you ready? Can I see the farm?" Poppy called out from the stairwell leading to the roof of the new skyscraper she had just built. Poppy had also designed a large glass viewing area on the roof where visitors could see all of Meadow Mews and even parts of Verdant Valley. She was happy to have completed the building and was excited for the grand opening celebrations later that week. People from across the Overworld were coming to the grand opening. When Poppy thought about this, she had butterflies in her stomach. She had never created a structure that was this big, and the idea that so many people would be celebrating a work she created made Poppy excited, but also anxious.

Poppy felt the highlight of the building was the enormous rooftop farm, where folks who worked and stayed in the skyscraper could pick fresh fruit. She hadn’t designed it. In fact, she hadn’t even seen it. Her friends Brett and Joe told her she couldn’t see the rooftop farm until they were finished, and today was the day she would finally see the farm.

Poppy had been waiting in the stairwell for what felt like an eternity, and she wanted to see the farm. Brett and Joe had been working on it nonstop, and she had heard snippets of conversations they’d had about the farm, but she never even got a peek at the plans. Poppy called out again, Is it ready?

You need patience, her friend Nancy said as she walked toward the stairway. Although Nancy was a treasure hunter, she also knew a bit about farming and helped Brett and Joe with the final touches. She adjusted her wool hat as she spoke. We want everything to be perfect for you. We know how much this means to you.

I know, Poppy said with a sigh. It just feels like I’ve been waiting forever. I can’t wait to see the farm.

She heard Brett’s voice in the distance, Almost ready. Just hold on a few more minutes.

Nancy tried to distract Poppy with small talk, but Poppy wasn’t interested.

I hear there will be hundreds of people arriving tomorrow, said Nancy. I actually saw a few arriving today. They came by boat. At first I thought they were pirates.

Pirates! Poppy shrieked.

No, I thought they were pirates because they were all dressed in blue and they had their swords out, but when I approached them they told me they were here for the grand opening and they put their swords back in their inventories. They explained that their ship had been attacked at sea and they were still nervous. Nancy said this all in one breath and exhaled.

Should we be worried? Perhaps the people who attacked their ship will dock at Meadow Mews? Poppy questioned. She was worried that there would be an incident that might destroy the grand opening festivities because several times when they were constructing the building, they had found bricks of TNT. The town had put together a makeshift police force led by their friend Helen. Nancy was also a member of this police force.

I don’t think we should be worried. I spoke with these visitors at great length, and they were attacked in the middle of the sea, far from Meadow Mews. They were so excited to see the building. One of them was a builder, and he wanted to meet with you, said Nancy.

Poppy’s heart beat fast. She wasn’t a fan of discussing her work. She liked to build, but she wasn’t the type to go over every detail about her projects. Poppy preferred for visitors to enjoy what she built rather than questioning its construction.

Brett jogged over and announced, We’re ready!

Poppy raced past the glass viewing area and toward the farm. She exclaimed, Oh my! This is beyond incredible. She saw the lush leafy trees filled with ripe apples and the rows of potatoes and wheat. This can feed our entire village.

It was designed to feed everyone in this building, remarked Brett. This is a large building. In fact, there are more rooms in this building than homes in our community.

Poppy never realized how massive the skyscraper was until Brett mentioned this perspective. She began to question if she had made the right decision. Was creating a building that was essentially larger than their small town a bad idea? She hoped this wouldn’t change the atmosphere of Meadow Mews. She loved the fact that she knew everyone in town, but she also was happy that Meadow Mews was growing. The skyscraper was a sign that Meadow Mews was advancing. She knew that it had a long history and the founder, Grant, would have been happy to know that this structure was attracting people from around the Overworld. Meadow Mews was now a destination point on the map. Any idea that she had made a bad decision vanished as she walked through the rows of wheat growing atop the building.

You guys did the best job. I can’t believe how well everything is growing, Poppy marveled as she picked an apple from a tree and took a bite.

We are closer to the sun, Brett said as he pointed at the hot sun that beat down on the roof.

True, Poppy said and then remarked, I should have built a covering so people could be in the shade while they ate the fruit and vegetables from the farm.

Poppy was always adding to buildings and structures she had designed. She believed her work was never done and there were always improvements to be made.

We are so glad you like the farm. Joe smiled. "You did such a great job with